Medal of Honor
April 2, 1865
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Major
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- 61st Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Carried the colors at the head of the column in the assault after two color bearers had been shot down.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Robert Levan Orr — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000995
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Colonel
- Entered service at
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 688dd67c1b6c294556451ae72b98cf564bd3050f7fc5891a046097997ceed87e
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the award, expands the middle name, records Major as the action rank and Colonel as the highest later rank, and normalizes the historical action place.